ConnexionHow World of Warcraft's add-on changes will affect the most popular mods
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Randy Pitchford asks fans to 'play the game first' before judging Borderlands 4's new minimap-free HUD
There's no minimap in Borderlands 4, the Gearbox CEO confirmed: "We want you to play the game and not play the map."
Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild
The Communications Workers of America says Microsoft has already recognized the union.
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Death Stranding 2 sounds like everything I hoped it'd be
Kojima let the press play an unbelievable 30 hours of Death Stranding 2. Here's what they think.
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'We heard your feedback': Funcom just reversed course and opened up the Dune: Awakening beta weekend to anyone who preorders the survival MMO
Seems like that should have been the plan from the beginning?
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The voice of Disco Elysium's Ancient Reptilian Brian performed the game's famous karaoke scene live and in costume
The Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns.
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Fallout Season 2 filming just wrapped, so now's a good time to check in on any New Vegas sickos you know and make sure they're not getting too worked up
Unclear how many hours of gecko fight sequences were filmed, but I'm guessing it's a lot.
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As Fortnite gears up for an App Store relaunch, Epic is cranking up its Rewards program to encourage people to use its payment system instead of Apple's
Gamers who use Epic's payment system for purchases in Fortnite, Rocket League, or Among Us will earn 20% back in Epic Rewards.
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Co-founder of crypto platform Celsius, which went bust with a billion-dollar hole in its finances, sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for 'orchestrating one of the biggest frauds in the crypto industry'
Alex Mashinsky was known for characterising traditional banks as untrustworthy.
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Publisher who resurrected lost pirate game Captain Blood says it's 'a 3 or 4' by today's standards, but that's half the fun: 'All its charms, all its flaws, all the vibes are from that era'
Don't bother with the rose-colored glasses. This is 2011, note for note.
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Europa Universalis 5's unusual, year-long reveal was a lesson Paradox learned from Imperator's mixed reception: 'I wanted to do it a little bit earlier, but marketing people tend to get panicky when you start talking'
Paradox Tinto released a whopping 62 dev diaries before officially revealing EU5.
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Quake finally makes it into the World Videogame Hall of Fame
Whaddaya mean it wasn't already in the Hall of Fame?
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Sure, man: The $200 deluxe edition of the Gex Trilogy remaster includes a 3-foot inflatable Gex and box art from legendary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano
I've never felt so alive.
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Rockstar says GTA 6's second trailer is now the biggest video launch of all time, whatever that means
Half a billion views and counting.
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32 GB of DDR5 RAM for $83 will see you ready to shield bash your way through Doom: The Dark Ages
That's two sticks of 16 GB DDR5-6000 for a little more than 40 bucks each.
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A year later and over six months since the last patch, Intel is STILL releasing updates to fix instability problems with its 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs
These bugs refuse to be squashed...
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I watched one video of Oblivion Remastered on a CRT and now I'm lightly obsessed with the TikTok account that did it
Demaking a remaster, kind of.
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Overwatch 2 remembers it can collab with videogames outside the Blizzard catalogue, bringing Street Fighter 6 to the battlefield
Here comes a new challenger.
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How to play Dune: Awakening multiplayer
Apes together, strong.
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AMD's upcoming RX 9060 XT GPU listed on Amazon for a depressing $449 for the 8 GB version and $529 for the 16 GB option
A hard pass at these prices.
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We just got our first look at one of Elden Ring: Nightreign's new bosses, Libra Creature of Night
Oh this is going to suck.
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Doom: The Dark Ages PC performance analysis: Always-on ray tracing isn't a problem and even a cheap gaming laptop copes just fine
Though once path tracing makes an appearance, all bets will probably be off.
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Doom: The Dark Ages review
The Dark Ages is fun in different ways than its predecessors, but Doom has been better.
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HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop review
A big noisy monster, and that's just fine by us.
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MIT researchers debunk one of the greatest misconceptions in science: Eggs are stronger at the sides after all
FYI, this doesn't actually apply to cracking an egg for breakfast.
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All Honkai: Star Rail 3.3 livestream codes
Get the latest livestream Stellar Jade before it expires.
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Oblivion Remastered mod makes being a stealthy murder king easy, boosting your sneak attack damage modifiers from good to Grim Reaper
Strike unseen in Bethesda's visually upgraded RPG with maximum potency
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's first patch reveals the sword that was part of a 2 billion nuke build was doubling all damage by mistake
Panda-Medalum.
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Trucker takes their gaming rig on the road inside their big rig 'and yes, [I] occasionally play Truck Simulator'
It's an immersive setup, at least.
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Legions of Helldivers 2 players are currently banging their head against a password terminal, as Arrowhead plays coy with a new reveal
"$SATCOM//>PLEASE?"
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A software engineer taught AI to hunt bugs by interfacing an LLM with debugging tools and has released the open source code: 'It's like going from hunting with a stone spear to using a guided missile'
This LLM "might change crash dump analysis forever."
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Valve is using Steam Deck's beta build to test 80% battery limit
Let's see if this 80% charge limitation can help extend battery life for real.
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Razer's newest gaming headset goes on your chair instead of your head
Strap a near-field directional speaker mount to the back of your seat and hear the Gs.
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Razer announces travel-sized Basilisk Mobile mouse with dedicated AI prompt key alongside ultra-low-profile portable Joro keyboard
I can't wait to accidentally launch ChatGPT when I'm trying to do my fantasy murders.
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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, May 9
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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D&D's artificers are getting revised for the 2024 rules update in a book that will also let you play a guy who has a magic GPS and knows where everyone is at all times
It's all in Eberron: Forge of the Artificer.
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